La Mesa

Very good condition, yes.

Yeah, it just had a fresh paint job by Lloyd's Auto Body over in La Mesa.

Yeah, I know, I, I know the history of that car, let me tell you.

I already told him he's gonna be crying when it goes.

I'm Paula Zahn, and thanks for joining us for Pod 44, Blood Reveals the Sword.

And tonight, we're on the case in La Mesa, California, just nine miles from downtown San Diego.

The city, known as the Jewel of the Hills, became the backdrop for a murder mystery that could have been ripped from a movie script.

The unusual list of suspects police had to clear complicated the investigation and made it much harder for Scott's loved ones to come to terms with their heartbreaking loss.

First responders were horrified by the gory nature of the crime.

He had quite a lot of his organs exposed, as well as kind of all the other secondary injuries throughout his body from the bladed weapon.

La Mesa homicide detective Greg Rungy was called to the scene.

I received a phone call from my detective sergeant saying that there had been a homicide and that he asked me to come in to assist with the investigation.

But when you act as if opportunities like this come around, to me, that's crazy.

Because you say you live in La Mesa.

La Mesa ain't that good of an area.

You know what I mean? And then you said that you was thinking about working.

in a strip club so clearly you need money to be working in that kind of club you know where you showing for two three dollars because on average i seem up throwing two three dollars i was the biggest spinner in that last night from the time i was in there to the time i left most the payday entry fee and throw five dollars

But when you act as if opportunities like this come around, to me, that's crazy.

Because you say you live in La Mesa.

La Mesa ain't that good of an area.

You know what I mean? And then you said that you was thinking about working in a strip club.

So clearly you need money to be working in that kind of club.